Display apparatus and method for automotive vehicle
US6556134B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2360/144
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In display apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a display (2) is disposed on a position of the vehicle placed in a proximity to a dashboard surface of the vehicle and a controller (7), when a state of the vehicle which satisfies a predetermined condition is detected, executes a process to gradually reduce a brightness of an image screen of the display toward a predetermined direction which is more distant from a direction of a line of sight of a vehicular driver when the vehicular driver gazes a vehicular forward direction. In one embodiment, the controller gradually reduces the brightness of the image screen of the display toward the predetermined direction in a linear manner. The predetermined direction is, for example, directed from an upper end of the image screen to a lower end thereof.
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